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A celebrated Greek satirist; born at Samosata, in northern Syria, about 120 A. D.; died about 200 A. D. Very many of his writings are extant, among them: "Praise of Demosthenes"; "Dialogues of the Gods"; "Dialogues of the Sea Gods"; "Dialogues of the Dead"; "The True History"; "Lucius; or The Ass"; "On the Syrian Goddess"; "Death of Peregrinus"; "The Lover of Lying"; "The Sea Voyage; or Votive Offerings"; "The Banquet; or The Lapithae"; "The Fisherman"; "The Sale of Lives"; "Hermotimus"; "Alexander, or The False Prophet"; "Anacharsis". The genuine writings of Lucian that are extant number 124, not including some fifty epigrams.